TikTok has arrived on Google's Android TV platform, marking the recent expansion to big screens of the short video app. While the app is currently on the Google Play Store, it still doesn't seem to work in every region.
TikTok's Android TV looks remarkably comparable to the TikTok app that arrived in the United Kingdom on Samsung TVs. In a scrollable main feed, videos play vertically, with access to specific categories of videos, and your profile is also available for browsing.
I was unable to download it for testing on my Chromecast with Google TV, but it seems to be a more fully featured option than what TikTok launched on Amazon's Fire TV, which had a curated selection of TikTok videos that did not require an account to be viewed.
Several users have been running into the problem of the app not working in their region, Android Police reports, with one of the main exceptions being people downloading it in the UK. Even when attempting to sideload the app to other Android TV devices, Reddit users have also run into the issue. The app is loading, but they were told when one user tried to log in that the TikTok app was not yet available in their region.
